Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (2024)

Series

  • 2023, documentary, 132 min, German subtitles
    Bikepacking nach Paris

    In this documentary series we follow three friends on their cycling adventure from Munich to Paris. Their journey takes 20 days, a distance of around 1,300 kilometres and involves steep climbs of more than 10,000 metres.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (1) © BR/Jens Scheibe

  • 2020, drama, 250 min, German subtitles
    Breaking Even

    During a test drive, the prototype of a self-driving car is involved in a fatal accident. In this exciting drama, Lawyer Nora Shaheen is tasked with preventing a scandal that threatens to bring down the Lindemann company. Starring Lorna Ishema, Justus von Dohnányi and Sinje Irslinger.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 03.07.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (2) © ZDF/Philipp Rathmer

  • 2023, comedy, 96 min, German subtitles
    Clashing Differences

    In this drama, the planned House of Womxn panel at the International Women’s Conference is in trouble: too white! It has to be more diverse... Starring Thelma Buabeng, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi, Şafak Şengül and Jane Chirwa.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 05.10.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (3) © ZDF / Diara Sow

  • 2023, thriller, 250 min, German subtitles
    Der Schatten

    In this mystery thriller series, journalist Norah is told by a beggar that she will kill a man called Arthur Grimm on 13 August. Following the ominous prophecy, strange things start to happen in Norah’s life... Based on the novel by Melanie Raabe. Starring Deleila Piasko and Andreas Pietschmann.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 09.08.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (4) © ZDF / Tomas Mikule

  • 2022, dramedy, 270 min, German subtitles
    Die Glücksspieler

    A man plays God: three people are given one million euros on the condition that they try to be happy. But will it end well? Starring Katharina Schüttler, Lena Dörrie, Eko Fresh, Sergej Moya, Karolina Lodyga and Manuel Rubey.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until 12.10.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (5) © BR/ORF/WDR/die film gmbh

  • 2022-2023, comedy, 210/240 min, German subtitles
    Doppelhaushälfte

    In this comedy series, two very different families live side-by-side in a semi-detached house in the Berlin countryside. Will they get along or could this be a recipe for disaster? Starring Milan Peschel, Minh-Khai Phan-Thi and Maryam Zaree.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until18.03.2025.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (6) © ZDF / Johanna Schröder / [M] Thomas Carls

  • 2023, documentary, 236 min, German subtitles
    Einzeltäter - Trilogie

    Three documentaries about the bereaved families of the victims of the right-wing terrorist attacks in Munich 2016, Halle 2019 and Hanau 2020.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 20.07.2025.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (7) © ZDF / Julian Vogel

  • 2023, comedy, 184 min, German subtitles
    I don't work here

    Comedy series about the challenges of multi-generational living. Starring Akeem van Flodrop, Sina Martens, Gabriela Maria Schmeide and Peter Lohmeyer.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 20.07.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (8) © ZDF / Alina Simmelbauer / [M] NEUESUPER

  • 2020, drama, 120 min, German subtitles
    Liebe. Jetzt!

    The drama series tells six different short stories about relationships in the time of the Covid pandemic. Starring Jürgen Vogel, Natalia Belitski, Lea Zoe Voss, Maryam Zaree and others.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 25.09.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (9) © ZDF / Juan Sarmiento G.

  • 2023, comedy, 270 min, German subtitles
    Nackt über Berlin

    Coming-of-age series from director Axel Ranisch, based on the novel by Sönke Andresen. Two students imprison the headmaster of their school in his apartment and force him to confess intimate secrets remotely through a PC. With Lorenzo Germeno, Anh Khoa Tran and Thorsten Merten.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until 06.10.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (10) © SWR/Studio.tv.film

  • 2022, drama, 320 min, German subtitles
    Safe

    Tom (Carlo Ljubek) and Katinka (Judith Bohle) run a psychotherapy practice for children and young people in Berlin. In 8 episodes, this drama series follows the therapy sessions of the four very different young protagonists. Directed by Caroline Link.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until22.01.2025.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (11) © ZDF / Bella Halben

  • 2021, crime, 180 min, German subtitles
    Sörensen

    Crime series by and starring Bjarne Mädel, based on the novels by Sven Stricker. Chief Inspector Sörensen suffers from an anxiety disorder and transfers to a supposedly quieter town in Nordfriesland, where he hopes life will be more peaceful. Things are not as uneventful as he might have hoped though.
    Watch onARD Mediathek until 11.10.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (12) © NDR/Michael Ihle

  • 2021, documentary, 118 min, German subtitles
    Sound of Germany

    A three-part documentary about musician Olli Schulz’s journey across Germany and his reflections on the current state of the country and society.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (13) © NDR

  • 2023, documentary, 270 min, German subtitles
    Unser Brot

    This three-part documentary is a fascinating insight into the lives of the people who make sure we have fresh, delicious bread on our tables every day: Bakers, millers and farmers.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until 15.10.2025.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (14) © NDR

  • 2021-2023, drama, 240 min, German subtitles
    WIR

    This drama series tells the story of a group of thirty-somethings from Teltow and their partly fulfilled, partly unfulfilled dreams and life plans.. StarringKatharina Nesytowa,Eva Maria Jost,
    Lorris Andre Blazejewski,Le-Thanh Ho,Erol Afşin, directed byEster Amrami,Kerstin Polte,Chris Miera.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 31.07.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (15) © ZDF / Oliver Feist

  • 2022, comedy, 240 min, German subtitles
    Das Begräbnis

    At Wolff-Dieter Meurer's funeral, family and friends gather at his farm in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to pay their respects. Old wounds and family secrets are revealed. With Charly Hübner, Devid Striesow, Claudia Michelsen, Christine Schorn and others, directed by Jan Georg Schütte.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until 22.12.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (16) © ARD Degeto/Georges Pauly

  • 2022, documentary, 110 min, german subtitles
    Raus aufs Land

    A documentary series about families, couples and singles who have moved from the city to the country: They swapped metropopolitan Berlin for rural Brandenburg to make a new start in the countryside.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until08.01.2026.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (17) © rbb/Matthias Neumann

  • 2022, documentary, 180 min, German subtites
    Am Pass - Geschichten aus der Spitzenküche

    A series about the professional and private lives of young Germangourmet chefs.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until 03.12.2025.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (18) © SR / Christoph Heymann

  • 2021, documentary, 125 min, German subtitles
    Dichtung und Wahrheit - Wie Hip Hop nach Deutschland kam

    In this documentary series, artistssuch as Moses Pelham, Azad, Sabrina Setlur and D-Flame talk about the beginnings of hip hop in Germany and the role Frankfurt played in this process.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until14.02.2026.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (19) © HR

  • 2024, drama, 105 min, German subtitles
    Testo

    Created by and starring Kida Ramadan, the series is about five convicts who commit a bank robbery that results in a hostage situation. Also starring Frederick Lau, Veysel Gelin, Nicolette Krebitz and Ronald Zehrfeld.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until02.02.2025.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (20) © ARD Degeto/Marco Fischer/Grafik: Niklas Hail

  • 2024, drama, 260 min, German subtitles
    Push

    The drama series provides a realistic portrayal of the daily lives of three midwives in a hospital, navigating constant stress amid prematurely starting contractions, babies in breech position, and anxious parents. Starring: Anna Schudt, Mariam Hage, Lydia Lehmann, among others.
    Watch on ZDF Mediathek until10.03.2025.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (21) © ZDF / Richard Kranzin, Bantrybay, [M] Serviceplan

  • 2015, documentary, 360 min, German subtitles
    Ein Sommer in Brandenburg

    With an old Robur bus, the Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) team travels Brandenburg for a summer, exploring the countryside and encountering its people.
    Watch on ARD Mediathek until15.07.2024.

    Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (22) © rbb/Johannes Unger

Streaming recommendations - Series - Goethe-Institut South Africa (2024)
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